Last summer I spent three days at YKos shlepping my bigass HP Pavilion around the McCormick Center in a backpack. It's a preposterously powerful machine, but I really need something smaller and lighter for travel. So I'm looking for recommendations, just to confuse the issue further. I was mulling over the $399 ASUS eee, but it just doesn't seem to quite do the trick, and it won't handle the VPN I need for work. So right now, unless someone knows of a fantastic alternative, I'm looking at the base model Dell XPS M1300 and the HP Pavilion tx2000z, which I can get for $900 with 2.2ghz AMD Dual-core processor, 2GB memory, 250GB hard drive, Fingerprint Reader + Webcam + Microphone, wireless networking with bluetooth, the HP USB TV tuner and 8x LightScribe (you can burn labels on the discs) double-layer DVD / CD burner.
The advantage of the HP is a tablet, which means I could easily use it on a flip-down shelf in the kitchen when I'm not traveling, so I didn't have to print out recipes and have all this miscellaneous paper around the house. But it's an AMD chip.
So, all you techie folks out there, what do YOU think?
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